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Real happiness is cheap enough...
Yet how dearly we pay for its
counterfeit. Hosea Ballou

Worry
is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind.
If
encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are
drained.
Arthur Somers Roche

Man
can live about forty days without food...
About
three days without water... About eight
minutes without air...
But only for one
second without hope.
Hal Lindsey
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Suggested Reading
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Stress & Anxiety - Depression -
Attention Deficit Disorder,
Children
- Parenting -
Attention Deficit Disorder, Adults &
Parents -
Divorce - Bullies & Problem
Behaviors -
Grief & Loss -
Men & Boys - Self-Injury -
Health & Wellness
- Narcissistic Personality
Disorder - Obsessive Compulsive
Disorder
Stress & Anxiety . . . . . . . . . .
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Beyond Anxiety & Phobia: A
Step-by-Step Guide to Lifetime Recovery Edmund
Bourne
Calming Your Anxious Mind: How
Mindfulness & Compassion Can Free You From Anxiety,
Fear & Panic Jeffrey Brantley, Jon
Kabat-Zinn
Coping
With Anxiety: 10 Simple Ways to Relieve Anxiety, Fear &
Worry Edmund Bourne, Lorna
Garano
Diagonally Parked in a
Parallel Universe: Working Through Social
Anxiety Signe
Dayhoff
Embrace the Fear:
Learning to Manage Anxiety & Panic
Attacks Judity Bernis, Amr
Barrada
Freeing Your Child From Anxiety:
Powerful Practical Solutions to Overcome Your Child's
Fears, Worries & Phobias Tamar
Chansky
Instant
Calm: Over 100 Easy to Use Techniques to Relax Mind &
Body Paul Wilson
Painfully Shy: How to
Overcome Social Anxiety & Reclaim Your
Life Barbara Markway, Gregory
Markway
Relaxation & Stress Reduction
Workbook Mattha Davis, Matthew McKay, Elizabeth
Robins Eshelman
Sixty Ways to Relieve Stress in Sixty
Seconds Manning Rubin, Peter
Frahm
Stress-Free for Good: 10 Scientifically
Proven Life Skills for Health & Happiness
Frederic Luskin, Ken
Pelletier
Stress Less Don
Colbert
The Anxiety Cure for Kids: A Guide for
Parents Elizabeth DuPont
Spencer
The Gift of Relaxation, Stress Relief,
Sleep & Wellness Barry
Pitkoff
The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive
in an Extrovert World Marti Olsen
Laney
Undoing Perpetual Stress: The Missing
Connection Between Depression, Anxiety & 21st Century
Illness Richard O'Connor
Up
& Down the Worry Hill: A Children's Book About
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder & its
Treatment Aureen Pino Wagner, Paul
Jutton
Depression . .
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Are You Really Too Sensitive?: How
to Understand & Develop Your Sensitivity as the
Strength it is Marcy
Calhoun
Beyond the Blues: A Guide to
Understanding & Treating Prenatal & Postpartum
Depression Shoshana Bennett, Ph.D., Pec
Indman, Ed.D
Coping With Teenage
Depression: A parents' Guide Kathleen
McCoy
Helping Students
Overcome Depression & Anxiety: A Practical
Guide Kenneth
Merrell
I Don't
Want to Talk About it: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male
Depression. Terrence
Real
Lonely, Sad & Angry: How to Help Your
Unhappy Child Barbara Ingersol, Ph.D., Sam
Goldstein, Ph.D.
More
Than Moody: Recognizing & Treating Adolescent
Depression Harold Koplewicz,
M.D.
Raising Resilient Children:
Fostering Strength, Hope & Optimism in Your
Child Rogert Brooks, Ph.D., Sam
Goldstein, Ph.D.
The Highly Sensitive Person's
Workbook Elaine Aron
The Sensitive
Person's Survival Guide: An Alternative Health Answer to
Emotional Sensitivity & Depression
Kyra Mesich
The Tender Heart:
Conquering Your Insecurity Joseph
Nowinski
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Parenting . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Active Parenting: Teaching
Cooperation, Courage and Responsibility Michael
Popkin
How to Keep Your Teenager Out of
Trouble & What to Do If You
Can't Neil Bernstein
How to
Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will
Talk Adele Faber, Elaine
Mazlish
Parenting with Purpose: Progressive
Discipline from Birth to Four Lynda Madison,
Ph.D.
Positive
Discipline Jane Nelsen,
Ed.D
Positive Discipline for
Teenagers Jane Nelsen, Lynn
Lott
Positive Parenting From A
to Z Karen Renshaw
Joslin
Raise Your Child's Social
IQ Cathi Cohen, LCSW
Siblings
Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So
You Can Live Too Adele Faber, Elaine
Mazlish
Straight Talk About Your Child's Mental
Health Steven Faraone,
Ph.D.
Teaching Social Skills to
Youth Tom Dowd, MA, Jeff
Tierney
Why Don't They Like Me? Helping Your
Child Make & Keep Friends Susan Sheridan,
Ph.D.
Bullies & Behavioral
Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Angry Children, Worried
Parents: Seven Steps to Help Families
Manage Anger Sam Goldstein, Ph.D., Robert
Brooks, Ph.D., Sharon Weiss, M.Ed.
Bullies Are
a Pain in the Brain Romain,
Trevor
Blue Cheese Breath &
Stinky Feet: How to Deal with Builles De Pino,
Catherine
Hands
Are Not For Hitting Martine Agassi,
Ph.D.
How to Handle a Hard-To-Handle Kid: A
Parent's Guide to Understanding & Changing Problem
Behaviors Drew Edwands,
Ph.D,
In Control: A Skill-Building Program for
Teaching young Adolescents to Manage Anger
Millicent Kellner
Stress Can Really Get on
Your Nerves (for children) Trevor Romain,
Elizabeth Verdick
The
Explosive Child Ross Greene,
Ph.D.
The Tough Kid Social
Skills Book Susan
Sheridan
Words Are Not for
Hurting Elizabeth
Verdick
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Children - ADHD . .
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Ages 4 to
8
A Boy
& A Bear: The Children's Relaxation
book Lite,
Lori
A Child's Guide to
Concentrating: For Kids With ADHD Bonita Blazer;
Shire Richwood,
(1998).
Help is
on the Way: A Child's Book About ADD Marc
Nemiroff; Magination Press, (1998).
Jumpin' Johnny Get Back to
Work! Michael Gordon; GSI,
(1991).
Otto Learns About His
Medicine: A Story About Medication for Children
with ADHD Matthew Galvin; Magination
Press, (1995).
Sparky's
Excellent Misadventures: My A.D.D. Journal Phyllis
Carpenter; Marti Ford; Magination Press,
(1999).
Taking A.D.D. To School: A
"School" Story About Attention Deficit Disorder and/or
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Weiner, Ellen; JayJo Books,
(1999).
The A.D.D.
Book For Kids Shelly Rotner; Millbrook
Press,
(2000).
Ages 8 to
12
A Good
Friend: How to Make One, How to be One Ron
Herron, Val Peter
Distant Drums, Different
Drummers: A Guide for Young
People With
ADHD Barbara D. Ingersoll; Cape
Publications, (1995).
Eagle
Eyes: A Child's Guide to Paying Attention Jeanne
Gehret; Verbal Images Press,
(1996).
Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention: A Book
for Kids About ADD Kathleen G. Nadeau, Ellen
B. Dixon; (2nd ed); Magination Press, (1997).
My Brother's A World Class Pain: A
Sibling's Guide To ADHD/Hyperactivity Michael
Gordon; GSI, (1992).
Putting On the
Brakes Young People's Guide to Understanding Attention
Deficit Hyperactive Disorder Patricia O.
Quinn, M.D., Judith Stern, M.A.
Putting On The
Brakes Activity Book For Young
People With
ADHD Patricia O. Quinn, M.D.; Magination
Press, (1993).
The
Boys' & Girls' Book of Dealing with
Feelings Eric Dlugokinski,
Ph.D.
The Girls' Guide to
ADHD Beth
Walker
The Survival Guide
for KidS with LD (Learning Differences) Gary
Fisher; Free Spirit
Press, (1990).
What Do You Mean I Have
Attention Deficit Disorder? Kathleen M. Dwyer;
Walker, (1996).
Zipper: The Kid With
ADHD (for children) Caroline Janover; Woodbine
House, (1997).
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Adults & Parents -
ADHD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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12 Effective Ways to Help Your
ADD/ADHD Child: Drug-Free Alternatives for Attention-Deficit
Disorders Laura J. Stevens; Avery Publ.
Group, (2000).
ADD
& Success Lynn Weiss,
Ph.D.
ADHD: Achieving
Success in School and in Life Barbara P. Guyer;
Allyn & Bacon, (1999).
ADHD: A Complete and Authoritative
Guide Michael Reiff; American Academy of
Pediatrics, (2004).
ADD/ADHD Behavior-Change
Resource Kit: Ready-to-Use Strategies & Activities
for Helping Children with Attention Deficit
Disorder Grad L. Flick; Center for Applied Research in
Educ. (1998).
ADHD Handbook for
Families: A Guide to Communicating with
Professionals Paul L. Weingartner; Child Welfare
League of America, (1999).
ADHD in the Young
Child: A Guide for Parents and Teachers of Young
Children with ADHD: A Book for Parents and
Teachers Cathy L. Reimers, Bruce A.
Brunger; Specialty Press Inc.,
(1999).
Advice to Parents on
ADHD Larry B. Silver; Random House
International; Hi Marketing,
(2000).
Attention Deficit
Disorder in Adults Lynn Weiss,
Ph.D.
Driven to
Distraction: Recognizing & Coping with Attention Deficit
Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood
Edward Hallowell, M.D., John Ratey,
M.D.
Everything You Need
to Know About ADD/ADHD Eileen Beal; Rosen
Publishing Group,
(1998).
Fathering the ADHD
Child: A Book for Fathers, Mothers, and Professionals
Edward H. Jacobs; Jason Aronson
(1998)
From Chaos to Calm: Effective
Parenting of Challenging Children with ADHD and Other
Behavioral Problems Janet Heininger;
Perigee, (2001).
Healing
ADD Daniel Amen,
M.D.
Helping Your
Hyperactive/ADD Child John Taylor; Prima
Publishing, (1997).
Hyperactivity:
What's the Alternative?: Help Your Child Overcome
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Maggie Jones; Element,
(2000).
Life on the Edge:
Parenting a Child With ADD/ADHD David Spohn;
Hazelden Information Education,
(1998).
Living Together with Learning
Disabilities and ADHD: A Family Guide to Living and
Learning Together Betty B. Osman;
Wiley, (1997).
Making
Sense of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder Carol R. Lensch; Bergin &
Garvey, (1999).
Managing Teens With
ADD/ADHD: Practical Tools & Strategies For Dealing
With Difficult Behaviors Grad L. Flick;
Center for Applied Research in Education,
(2000).
Parenting the ADHD Child:
Can't Do? Won't Do? David Pentecost;
Jessica Kingsley,
(1999).
Practical Ideas That
Really Work for Students with ADHD Kathleen
McConnell; PRO-ED,
(2000).
Teenagers with ADD:
A Parents' Guide Chris
Dendy
Understanding Girls
With ADHD Kathleen G. Nadeau, Ellen Littman,
Patricia O. Quinn; Advantage Books,
(1999)
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Divorce . . . .
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Dinosaurs Divorce Marc
Brown, Laurie Krasney
Brown
For the Children's
Sake: Parenting Together After the marriage
Ends Brenda
Dozier
Good Parenting
Through Your Divorce Mary Ellen
Hannibal
Helping Kids Cope
with Divorce the Sandcastles Way Gary
Neuman
I Don't Want to Talk About It
(for children) Jeanie Franz
Ransom
Mama & Daddy
Bear's Divorce Cornelia Maude
Spelman
Rebuilding: When
Your Relationship Ends Bruce Fisher, Robert
Alberti
Second Chances: Men, Women &
Children a Decade After Divorce. Who Wins, Who
Looses and Why Judith Wallerstein, Sandra
Blakeslee
The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce:
The 25 year Land Mark Study Judith Wallerstein,
Sandra Blakeslee
Two
Homes Claire Masurel, Kady MacDonald
Denton
What About the Kids? Raising Your
Children Before, During & After
Divorce Judith Wallerstein, Sandra
Blakeslee
Men &
Boys Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Boys Will Be Men: Raising Our Sons
for Courage, Caring and Community Paul
Kivel
Emotional
Intelligence Daniel
Goleman
How Can I Get Through to
You? Closing the Intimacy Gap Between Men and
Women Terrence Real
I Don't Want to Talk About
It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male
Depression Terrence
Real
More Than Moody: Recognizing and Treating
Adolescent Depression Harold S. Koplewicz,
M.D.
Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional
Life of Boys Kindlon and
Thompson
Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the
Myths of Boyhood William Pollack,
Ph.D.
The Courage To Raise Good
Men Olga Silverstein
The Rag
and Bone Shop of the Heart: Poems for Men edited
by James Hillman, Michael Meade and Robert
Bly
The Season of
Life Jeffrey
Marx
The Way of
Transition William Bridges,
(2000).
Transitions: Making
Sense of Life's Changes William Bridges,
(1980).
Yes, Your Teen Is
Crazy!: Loving Your Kid Without Losing Your
Mind Michael J. Bradley,
Ed.D
Understanding Men's
Passages Gail
Sheehy
Uncommon Sense for Parents
with Teenagers Michael Riera,
Ph.D.
Why Boys Don't Talk And Why It Matters:
A Parent's Survival Guide to Connecting with Your
Teen Susan Morris Shaffer &
Linda Perlman Gordon
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Grief &
Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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35 Ways to Help
a Grieving Child Dougy Center for Grieving
Children
Awakening from
Grief: Finding the Way Back to Joy Wayne
Dyer
Finding Your Way
After Your Spouse Dies Marta
Felber
Getting to the Other
Side of Grief: Overcoming the Loss of a
Spouse Susan Zonnerbelt-Smeenge, Robert
Vries
Goodbye Friend:
Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a
Pet Gary
Kowalski
Good Grief: A
Constructive Approach to the Problem of
Loss Granger
Westberg
Grief Recovery
Handbook: Action Program for Moving Beyond Death,
Divorce & Other Losses John James,
Russell Friedman
Healing
After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working Through
Grief Martha
Hickman
How Do We Tell the
Children Shaefer &
Lyons
How to Go On Living
When Someone You Love Dies Therese Rando,
Ph.D.
How to Survive the
Loss of a Love Peter
McWilliams
Preparing the
Children Nussbaum
The
Loss That is Forever: The Lifelong Impact of the Early Death
of a Mother or Father Maxine
Harris
The Way of
Transition: Embracing Life's Most Difficult
Moments William
Bridges
Water Bugs &
Dragon Flies: Explaining Death to Young
Children Doris Stickney
What on
Earth Do You Do When Someone Dies (for
children) Trevor Romain
When
Parents Die: A Guide for Adults Edward
Myers
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Self Injury . . . . . . . . . . . .
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A Bright Red Scream.
Strong, M.
Bodily
Harm: The Breakthrough Treatment Program for
Self-Injurers. Conterio, K. & Lader,
W., New York:
Hyperion. (1998).
Coping With Self-Mutilation: A Helping
Book for Teens Who Hurt Themselves.
Center Clarke, A., City, MN:
Hazeldon. (1999).
Cutting:
Understanding & Overcoming
Self-Mutilation Steven
Levenkron
Living on The Razor's Ege:
Solution-Oriented Brief Family Therapy with Self-Harming
Adolescents. Selekman, M.D., New York:
Norton. (2002).
See My
Pain! Creative Strategies and Activities for Helping
Young people Who Self-Injure. Susan
Bowman
Self-Injury: When
Pain Feels Good Edward
Welch
The Scarred Soul:
Understanding and Ending Self-Inflicted
Violence. Alderman, T., New
harbinger. (1997).
Understanding Self-Injury:
A Workbook for Adults Robin
Connors
Women Who Hurt Themselves:
A Book of Hope and
Understanding. Miller, D., New
York: Basic.
Obsessive Compulsive
Disorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Talking Back
to OCD John S.
March MD
Mr. Worry: A Story
About OCD Holly L. Niner
When
in Doubt, Make Believe: An OCD - Inspired Approach to
Living With Uncertainty Jeff
Bell
Loving Someone with OCD: Help for
You and Your Family Karen J. Landsman, Kathleen
M. Rupertus, Cherry Pedrick
Getting
Over OCD: A 10-Step Workbook for Taking Back Your
Life Jonathan S.
Abramowitz
The OCD Answer Book:
Professional Answers to More Than 250 Top Questions About
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Patrick B.
McGrath
Saving Sammy: Curing the Boy Who
Caught OCD Beth Alison
Maloney
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder:
Practical Tried-And-Tested Strategies to Overcome
OCD F.M. Toates
Narcissistic Personality
Disorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Wizard of Oz and
Other Narcissists: Coping With the One-Way Relationship in
Work, Love and Family Eleanor D. Payson
Loving the Self-Absorbed: How to Create a
More Satisfying Relationship With a Narcissistic
Partner Nina W. Brown
The Truth Will Set
You Free: Overcoming Emotional Blindness and Finding Your
True Adult Self Alice Miller
Will I Ever Be Good
Enough: Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic
Mothers Karyl McBride
Health & Wellness
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Authentic Happiness & Learned
Optimism Martin E.P. Seligman
Authentic
Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your
Potential for Lasting Fulfillment Martin
Seligman
Awareness Anthony
DeMello
Boundaries Dr. Henry Cloud,
Dr. John Townsend
Flow:
The Psychology of Optimal Experience Mihaly
Csikszentmihalyi
Guided
Meditations: For Developing Calmness, Awareness and
Love Bodhipaksa
How
Full is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work
& Life Tom Rath, Donald
Clifton
Positive Energy Judith Orloff,
M.D., Three Rivers Press, New York, (2004).
The Art of
Happiness: A Handbook for Living Dalai Lama,
Howard Cutler
The Best Year of
Your Life: Dream it, Plan it, Live it Debbie
Ford
The Happiness
Hypothesis Jonathan Haidt
Trauma,
Brain & Relationships: Helping Children
Heal Excellent 7-part 30 minute
online video series - Bruce Perry, M.D. Ph.D.; Daniel
Siegel M.D.; Constance Lillas Ph.D.,
RN http://www.traumaresources.org/emotional_trauma_online_video.htm
What
Happy People Know: How the New Science of Happiness Can
Change Your Life for the
Better Dan Baker, Cameron
Stauth
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An oak and a reed were arguing
about their strength.
When a strong wind came up, the
reed leaned over to bend with the gusts.
But the
oak stood firm and was torn up by the roots. Aesop

A man should not strive to eliminate his
complexes...
but get into accord with them...
For they
are legitimately what directs his conduct in the
world.
Sigmund
Freud

We
are more often frightened than hurt...
And we suffer more from
imagination than from reality.
Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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